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Lucus Arts has never made an MMO. They have always sold the rights to a 3rd party studio to make star wars mmo's. Nothing about the article you linked says a thing about there never being another star wars mmo.

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Need to make one before you can stop.

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Originally posted by ragz45Lucus Arts has never made an MMO. They have always sold the rights to a 3rd party studio to make star wars mmo's. Nothing about the article you linked says a thing about there never being another star wars mmo.

Yeah totally weird title for this thread OP. I think it's terrible that 150 staff have been laid off too and wanted to see the 1st person game and 1313. Disney might give rights to the IP for future MMO's , that's up to them.

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yeah, they like to shut down the great games and game studios and keep the turds alive.

Good bye Star Wars Galaxies and 1313, nice knowing you.

Also RIP :

Maniac Mansion

Zak McKraken

X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Monkey Island

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look at the bright side, we still have The Old Republic and Cartel Packs

They said 1313 will be given to another developer to finish it. Star Wars in general will come back with a bang in disneys hands and JJ Abrams is a great director imo made a lot of good stuff like Lost.

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The way I read it, Disney doesn't want to do anything with Star Wars but licensing. (They are making the movies, but in a sense they are even licensing that out to JJ.) Everyone working at Lucas Arts got the can. They could license out Star Wars to another MMO. If I worked for ILM I wouldn't be happy with this turn of events.

In a utshell, Disney paid a billion for the Star Wars name. Disney will be happy to sell rights to the license, but doesn't want to spend money investing additional revenue into Star Wars related companies.

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Yes, shutting down the redundant studio that you got as part of purchasing the entire Corporation. Makes sense. Even if they don't have a gaming studio , they'll make more from liscensing then they will the actual production. So letting someone else take the risk , while you reap the rewards makes so much more sense.

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Disney shuts down LucasArts, ending its video game production forever

how is this valid to Star Wars the Old Republic? LucasArts wasnt developing it that was being done be BioWare/Mythic With EA providing the cash to do so.

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Shutting down LucasArts was pointless. So many better outcomes could have risen from all this. Shutting them down, hmmm .. Is this what Disney is about then, acquiring then shutting down .. makes me wonder, should make you wonder too.

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Originally posted by Karteli

Shutting down LucasArts was pointless. So many better outcomes could have risen from all this. Shutting them down, hmmm .. Is this what Disney is about then, acquiring then shutting down .. makes me wonder, should make you wonder too.

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Originally posted by Sevenstar61

Originally posted by Karteli

Shutting down LucasArts was pointless. So many better outcomes could have risen from all this. Shutting them down, hmmm .. Is this what Disney is about then, acquiring then shutting down .. makes me wonder, should make you wonder too.

Disney sounds a lot like EA. Oh snap, did I just say that?

Less competition.

How is that good?

Star Wars should go to the most qualified, though a pool of contenders. Having less competition isn't good for the end user (us, ie me and you).

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Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Sevenstar61

Originally posted by Karteli

Shutting down LucasArts was pointless. So many better outcomes could have risen from all this. Shutting them down, hmmm .. Is this what Disney is about then, acquiring then shutting down .. makes me wonder, should make you wonder too.

Disney sounds a lot like EA. Oh snap, did I just say that?

Less competition.

How is that good?

Star Wars should go to the most qualified, though a pool of contenders. Having less competition isn't good for the end user (us, ie me and you).

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But didn't Disney just buy this for $4.04 BILLION ? (yes along side Lucas Films... but still !!!)

Who the hell wastes that much money on something they throw in the bin?

WTF Disney go feed starving kids or something useful?!

They are making the new star wars movie you know, they are shutting down lucas not star wars.

I am well aware they are, thats why I added ('yes along side Lucas Films')

But still $4.04 billion to be allowed to make a few movies?

I'd say thats stoopid..

They count on billions of dollars of profit from movies... games are nothing comparing to this and it takes longer to make then movies. I think we will see much less SW games in the future... which is bad news for us, but good news for SWTOR:)

Edit. And considering that most of gaming companies will stay away from SW IP (it brings bad luck LOL) ...